3ft9 is a software consultancy specialising in internet-based services with a focus on usability, performance and scalability, in that order.

The next big thing: CVsite

CVsite is a new service currently in development that aims to provide a place to store the definitive copy of your CV.

Create your content blocks, assemble them into one or more versions and set access permissions. Use different styles and layouts for each version and create access credentials with expiry dates.

When you sign up you'll get an email alias @cvsite.com which you can enable and disable at will with a variety of auto-responder options when disabled. Set your status to indicate whether you're actively looking for work, not looking for work or leave it blank to encourage contact without needing to explicitly reveal to your current employer that you might be on the market.

We are currently on track to launch the service in early 2009.

Consultancy

Fav.or.it uses 1000's of blogging sources to bring you the best news from around the web. 3ft9 has been doing occasional ad-hoc development on this project since the beginning.

The company behind fav.or.it contacted us to discuss the development of a site to track URLs being posted on Twitter. 3ft9 architected, developed and delivered a complete and scalable solution in just a few short days.

The result is called Tweetmeme and it easily survived the initial burst of traffic when launched and now enjoys a healthy level of traffic which is slowly increasing day by day.

Thanks to the success of Tweetmeme we were contacted once again by fav.or.it to discuss a new idea they had for a Twitter-based site. Twitorfit encourages Twitter users to login and rate their fellow twitterers on a scale of twit to fit. Once registered a user can spread their personal URL and encourage other users to rate them.

Again 3ft9 architected, developed and delivered a complete and scalable solution in just a couple of days and the architecture has so far survived the deluge of traffic from the hordes of users it has attracted due to its viral nature.

Our projects

DidWhatWhen

DidWhatWhen is a free web-based event tracker. Sign up to get your own site where you can record events in the past, present or future either publicly or privately.

Common uses include taking minutes at meetings, software change logs, keeping a personal history and keeping a log of your travels but the only limit is your imagination.

TitsUp

TitsUp is a simple service that will check any URL to see if it's responding correctly. Enter either a domain name or full URL and the site performs a number of checks including DNS resolution, connection, HTTP request and the response.

If anything fails it will tell you, in detail if required, and offer to monitor the URL for the next 24 hours, emailing you when it becomes available. It can also notify you via Twitter.

The most common use for this service is to check if a website that appears to be down is actually down or if it's just your connection to the Internet that's having issues.

JMP.LI

JMP.LI is a simple URL shortening service with a shorter result than most other similar services.

How we can we help you

Our expertise covers all aspects of software development with a particular focus on internet-based technology. We have extensive experience with both large and small projects, high and low traffic websites as well as desktop and server-side software. From design through planning, development, testing, deployment and support we have the skills and experience needed to get the job done.

So whatever you need we'll be able to hit the ground running and help you get to where you want to be.